Course Description
This course introduces students to the concepts and terminology of network design, with an emphasis on a top-down design process that determines the business requirements of the network to be built before any technical issues are considered. Emphasis will be given to Network management, performance evaluation, security, documentation, and modeling will all be covered in detail.
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, the student will be able to :
- Demonstrate and understanding network designing procedures
- Demonstrate and understanding on how to apply Network Administration knowledge
- Demonstrate and understanding of the importance of Network Designing;
- Demonstrate an understanding of writing official report for the problems and solution of the Network systems;
Course Content
- Principles of networking design: Analysing existing Network, design, and specification; testing; verification; optimizing.
- Fundamentals of Network Design and Administrator:
- Designing Models for addressing and Naming; selecting switching and routing protocol, selecting technologies and device for campus network, selecting technologies and device for enterprises network, configuring LAN services and DNS.
- Designing structure:
- Delivering the Data; Network Services; Basic Configuration; Configuring the Interface.
Course reading materials
- Top-Down Network Design, by Priscilla Oppenheimer, Publisher: Cisco Press, 2nd edition, Published 2004, ISBN 1587051524
- Network Analysis, Architecture, and Design, Second Edition, by James D. McCabe, Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, Hardcover, 2nd edition, Published 2003, ISBN 1558608877